October, 2018 | Introduction to the New Statistics

Month: October 2018

Cochrane: Matthew Page Wins the Prize!

Posted on October 23, 2018 by Geoff Cumming Posted in Replication, The New Statistics, Uncategorized — No Comments ↓

Years ago, Matthew Page was a student in the School of Psychological Science at La Trobe University (in Melbourne), working with Fiona Fidler and me. He somehow (!) became interested in research methods and practices, especially as related to meta-analysis.…

Draw Pictures to Improve Learning?

Posted on October 11, 2018 by Geoff Cumming Posted in ITNS, Teaching — No Comments ↓

In ITNS we included a short section near the start describing good strategies for learning, based on empirical studies. Scattered through the book are reminders and encouragement to use the effective strategies. Now, just as we’re thinking about possible improvements…

ITNS–The Second Edition!

Posted on October 9, 2018 by Geoff Cumming Posted in ITNS, Open Science, Teaching, The New Statistics — 4 Comments ↓

Routledge, our publisher, has started planning for a second edition. That’s very exciting news! The only problem is that Bob and I can’t think of anything that needs improving. Ha! But, seriously, we’d love to hear from you about things…

Open Science DownUnder — Fiona Fidler reports

Posted on October 2, 2018 by Geoff Cumming Posted in ITNS, Open Science, Stats tools, Teaching — No Comments ↓

Last week, the 2018 Australasian Open Science Conference was held in Brisbane at the University of Queensland: The first conference in Oz on the themes of Open Science and how to improve how science is done. They expected 40 and…